Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
62 words
A recording medium (1) on which management information for managing recording/playback operations is recorded together with one or a plurality of units of audio information, wherein the recording medium (1) is further provided with a character recording region for management information in which character information can be recorded, and predetermined character string information is recorded as commands in this character recording region.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
65 words
A recording medium (1) according to claim 1, wherein the character string information which constitutes the commands is made to be commands which control data recording operations or data reproduction operations or editing operations in a recording device or a reproduction device for use with the recording medium, or display operations in a displaying means (20), or audio output operations not based on data reproduction.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
A recording medium (1) according to claim 1, wherein the character string information which constritutes the commands is made to be commands which control operation input read-in operations, or audio input presence/absence or level detection operations, in recording device or a reproducion device for use with the recording medium.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
59 words
A recording medium (1) according to claim 1, wherein the character string information which constitutes the commands is made to be commands which control variable substitution computation operations, or numerical logic computation operations, or built-in function computation operations or process flow judgment operations, with respect to a recording device or a reproduction device for use with the recording medium.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
146 words
A recording/reproduction device (30) for use with a recording medium (1) on which management information for managing recording/playback operations is recorded together with one or a plurality of units of audio information, the recording medium (1) being further provided with a character recording region for management information, in which character information can be recorded, wherein predetermined character string information is recorded as commands in this character recording region, the recording/reproducion device (30) comprising: command read-in means (3-10, 12, 21), for reading in character string information recorded as commands on the recording medium from the recording medium (1); control means (11), for, according to the character string information read in by the command read-in means, controlling the execution of those indicated operations; and input/output means (16, 17, 19, 20) controlled by the control means (11), required for executing the operations specified by the read-in character string information.